Bishop Philippe Gemayel †

Deceased

Bishop of Cyprus (Maronite)

Note(s): confirmation after death

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1740¹		Born
1767²	27.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
1767²	27.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lystra
Dec 1767³	27.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lystra
1786²	46.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
14 Jun 1795	55.4	Selected	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
12 Apr 1796	56.2	Died	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
27 Jun 1796⁸	56.4	Confirmed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain ; ⁸ Did Not Take Effect

MicroData Summary
Philippe Gemayel
Bishop Philippe Gemayel
(born 1740, died 12 Apr 1796)
Bishop of Cyprus

Event Place
Birth Place Bikfaya

a bishop for 28.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Joseph VI Estephan †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Joseph VI Estephan † (1754)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Siméon VII Awad † (1716)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Jacob IV Awad † (1698)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Bl. Estephan Douaihi † (1668)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Georges Rizqallah Beseb’ely † (1656)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Youhanna Bawwab el-Safrawi †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Estefan El-Khazen † (1796)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2077089

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 205, Number 16,919
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1767, Number 35

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